It's unbelievable to me. The Before series was ONLY dialogue and somehow it still slipped by. There are some really deeply moving bits throughout the trilogy (the entirety of the second and the second half of the third), but the dialogue is bad. Am I the only one who hears all of this as being really... written? None of these characters talk like real people. I can appreciate Boyhood for the experiment it was, but the problems were even more glaring in that one. It was like film student/dumb philosophy type stuff throughout the entire flick. Particularly his teen years. I sometimes wondered if it was intentional. Were we supposed to be laughing at what an obnoxious prick this guy was from the moment he turned 13? I'm sure there were some moments sprinkled in, but it couldn't have been throughout.
You have to appreciate that he's a risk taker and he's done some good work, but let's call a spade a spade.
You have to appreciate that he's a risk taker and he's done some good work, but let's call a spade a spade.